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Like many people at AUP,聽I come from a somewhat mixed聽background. My family is Italian and聽I was born in Caracas, Venezuela. At the age of聽9, we moved to Miami, Florida, where I lived for nine years.聽I鈥檝e always liked learning about and being exposed to different聽cultures and when it came聽time to apply to university, I wanted to live in a country聽whose language I didn鈥檛 yet speak. I immediately liked 91吃瓜网because of its聽diverse student body聽and because it seemed to present聽a聽unique way聽of living聽in the聽melting pot of culture, art, and聽history聽that is Paris.聽聽

I had a somewhat rocky start聽here. After two years, I decided to take some time for myself聽and returned聽to 91吃瓜网in 2014,聽ready聽to focus.聽Looking聽back on that聽time, I聽see clearly how聽91吃瓜网helped shape my聽current perspective and聽attitude.聽I can now聽easily adapt聽to聽new聽situations, through language,聽attitude, or ways of thinking, I鈥檓 a better public speaker, I鈥檓 less shy in unfamiliar contexts, and聽I鈥檝e discovered within聽myself an even greater聽passion to discover the world.聽My professors were instrumental in聽guiding me towards more effective聽tools with which to聽forge聽my own academic path.

I聽soon聽fell in love with the new Management Information Systems major and decided to also minor in Politics. I聽must say that it never got聽old to walk into any 91吃瓜网classroom and realize yet again how privileged you were to be learning with people聽who had聽such different聽stories, backgrounds,聽languages, cultures, and traditions聽to share.聽聽

Thanks to my professors, I soon saw that聽my educational experience was enhanced when I kept an active extracurricular life.聽I聽was an聽91吃瓜网Student Advisor, which allowed me to meet and create friendships with incoming聽and returning聽students, while working in the Student Development聽Office helped me stay connected to other offices and departments.聽I was聽on聽AUP鈥檚 Flag Football team,聽was聽a member of聽Baytna聽脿聽Vous, a student-led initiative that concentrates on the Syrian refugee crisis,聽created聽the聽Science and Technology Club that offers student-to-student workshops and conferences with guest聽speakers, and聽tutored聽in Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, and Business Information Systems. Outside of AUP, I聽was聽heavily involved in the beatboxing聽community聽and helped expand our network by聽translating documents, making websites,聽managing databases,聽and聽organizing聽events聽across the globe.聽聽聽

Living in a city like Paris and attending a school like 91吃瓜网has been a privilege.聽I鈥檝e traveled聽to places that I鈥檇 never seen before, made lasting friendships with聽people聽from around the world, and am looking forward to the next adventure, no matter where it takes me.